The Meditative Art of Desiree Ickerodt

 The Meditative Art of Desiree Ickerodt

article by Colyn Boyce in online magazine Hermes (26 October 2020)

S/He Persisted - 4th March, 6-9pm, NYC

My work will be represented.

Solo exhibition 'Soul States' - private view 20th March 2020, 5-7pm - CANCELLED

The paintings in this exhibition depict inner landscapes. Some of them have a distinct cosmic feel to them and express the soul’s dialogue with the cosmos and anything that may lie beyond it. There is an inherent unity of all things – tangible and intangible. Facing the infinite, we can tap into the source of being.

The paintings are inspired by a daily morning meditation. Désirée typically begins any creative process with a short meditation. In turn most of her paintings lend themselves very well to meditation and she has experimented with some of her paintings using them as meditation tools. As the meditative state during the making of the painting informs the end result – the physical painting, so can the physical painting have an impact on its environment and the people in it. Désirée firmly believes that if you focus on peace, you will get more inner peace and the more peaceful you are, the more peace you will spread and get back. 

The private view will be 20th March 2020, 5-7pm.

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Art Event on 28 February at Cafe Muxima

Thursday 28 November 2019 Private View - exhibition - Science & Silence

SCIENCE & SILENCE

Artists:       

Désirée Ickerodt. Bob Dawson

Paintings and drawings inspired by cosmic related imagery.

'Inspired by music and abstract cosmic imagery, work on show is from a series that uses scientific images and formulas in its compositions.'

Bob Dawson

'I feel inspired when connecting to Cosmic Consciousness during meditation. The paintings are the results of this inner alignment with Infinite Intelligence.'

Désirée Ickerodt

01-30/2019 - Group exhibition - Cafe Muxima

26 January 2019 - Film Screening

“What Happens When We Die?”

This short film is a part of a series of short films that was produced over a course of four years. Rather than looking for answers by studying books, People from different walks of life were interviewed assuming that everyone had a nugget of wisdom to share with the world. So what is yours?

31 August 2017 - closing exhibition

You are cordially invited to come to the closing of my exhibition:

Venue:
Magus & the Fool - art café
357 Roman Road
London E3 5QR
https://www.facebook.com/magusandthefool/
Tube: Mile End

Date:
Friday 31st August 2017, 6.30-10.30pm

11 August 2017 - exhibition: "Towards the Light"

Together

acrylic on canvas

50 x 70 cm

2017

You are cordially invited to come to the opening of my exhibition:

Venue:
Magus & the Fool - art café
357 Roman Road
London E3 5QR
https://www.facebook.com/magusandthefool/

Tube: Mile End

Date:
Friday 11th August 2017, 6.30-10.30pm

The exhibition will be running for the month of August.

Film Screening at Muxima

Screening of short film 'Crossing the Horizon' at 7pm tonight - FREE EVENT

A Breath of Cosmogenesis for our Finite Minds

This is a free event organised by the Blavatsky Lodge. During this evening my short film 'Crossing the Horizon' will be shown. Then there will also be quotes from Mme Blavatsky's Collected Writings and from modern day quantum mechanics.

7pm

Theosophical Society of England, 

50 Gloucester Place

London W1U 8EA

DEGREE SHOW - 29 May 2014 6-9pm - Docklands

DEGREE SHOW

University of East London

Docklands Campus

University Way

London E16 2RD

http://www.uel.ac.uk/about/campuses/docklands/

nearest DLR station: Cyprus

AVA Building, ground floor

When you enter the building, turn left.

I will be showing a short film in the Immersive Lab.

12 Dec 2013 - Q Art Annual Exhibition No. 5 'The Big Crit'

Q-ART PRESENTS...

Q-Art Annual Exhibition No. 5 'The Big Crit'
@ APT Gallery, Deptford

 

Join us on Thursday 12th December 6.30-8.30pm for the opening of our 5th Annual Exhibition at APT Gallery, 6 Creekside, Deptford, London, SE8 4SA

The exhibition is then open:
Friday 13th - Sunday 15th December 12-5pm

Crits with those in the exhibition: Saturday & Sunday 2-5pm (please rsvp to karen.turner@q-art.org.uk copying in events@q-art.org.uk)

  This exhibition features work by those who presented in a Q-Art crit between September 2012 and June 2013: Ami Ghia, Anna Maria Kardos, Bernice Wilson, Cadi Froehlich,  Chris Alton, Daniel McClennan, Daria Śmiechowska, Debra Singh, Désirée Ickerodt, Elena Colman, Emily Woolley, Henk Gieskens, Isabelle Gressel, Jheni Arboine, Kate Murdoch,  Kathy Taylor, Krishen Kanadia, Margaret Duston, Melinda Lauw,  Paula Smolarska, Rae Hicks, Robin Gardiner, Xiao-yang Li, Zuqiang Peng.

 

The exhibition has been curated by Luis Ignacio Rodriguez. The curation and the weekend programme of crits celebrate and acknowledge the role of the crit in bringing the exhibiting artists together.   

 

This exhibition is supported by A.P.T Projects.

  

25 July 2013 - The Story of the Creative - PV in New York

For directions and more details please click on this link.

Please come to the opening reception 

(unfortunately I won't be able to be there):

Thursday, July 25th 2013

7-11pm

The show continues through September 10th.

Complimentary Cocktails

Provided by Absolut Vodka

See.Me is proud to present a selection of our members representing over 100 different nations.  This exquisite collection of work features a diverse range of mediums, styles, influences, and inspirations.  The work displayed will include sculpture, works on paper in one of the most exquisite venues in New York City. 

Angel Orensanz Foundation

172 Norfolk Street, New York NY, 10002

Directions: http://goo.gl/maps/jhfft

RSVP to: annielaurie@see.me

07/06/2013 - End of Year Show at UEL - 6-9pm

Entrainment (detail)

117 (w) x 44 (h) x 5.5 (d) cm

perspex, mixed media

2013

private view of End of Year Show (1st and 2nd Year, Fine Art)

University of East London

Docklands Campus

University Way

London E16 2RD

DLR station: Cyprus

7th June 2013 6-9pm

Private View 2nd June at POSK Gallery 5-9pm

 

 

 

Entanglement

2 x 17cc

perspex, wire, bioresin, glue

2013

 

Private View

Sunday 2nd June 2013 

5-9pm

The exhibition remains open till 14 June 2013

10am to 9pm every day

POSK Gallery

238-246 King Street

London

W6 0RF

Seven Heavenly Virtues - exhibition in May

 

Perennial Paradox

29 (h) x 43 (w) x 20 (d) cm

Perspex, fibre-optic cable

2013

Two In One

48 (h) x 40 (w) x 24 (d) cm

Perspex, plastic, light

2013

Triple Manifestation

28 x 28 x 28 cm

Perspex, wire

2012

Art exhibition at the Mausoleum at Nunhead cemetery in May 2013

Address: Linden Grove, London SE15 3LM

www.fonc.org.uk

Opening times: 11am - 5pm, 4-6 May, 11-12 May, 18-19 May, 25-27 May

Saturday 18 May 2013: Open Day

Revelation

Revelation
marble

2012

I have worked for a year or so on and off on this sculpture. When I found this slab of marble, it was so dirty that it was almost black. I felt my way into it in a tactile kind of way letting my hands lead the way, being guided by touch rather than vision. During all this time the slab looked rather ugly or listless. In comparison to the dreamlike Alabaster with its astral qualities, Marble feels rather unchanging, unemotional to me. I just had to carry on and trust that it would turn out alright without seeing any results in the meantime. The last phase of the work was to sand the flat surfaces using an angle grinder and varying degrees of sandpaper. It was only then that the stone revealed itself to me in its full beauty and intricate patterns. And it was only then that I realised that inutively I had chosen to work on the more interesting side of the slab. The bottom side still looked rather dull even after having been sanded. 

The same applies to every spiritual or other practice. You practice and practice and no results are shown. Only when you have made the final step, does the revelation occur.